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Verse 68of 111

وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُمْ أَبُوهُم مَّا كَانَ يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا حَاجَةًۭ فِى نَفْسِ يَعْقُوبَ قَضَىٰهَا ۚ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذُو عِلْمٍۢ لِّمَا عَلَّمْنَٰهُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٦٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And when they entered from where their father had ordered them, it did not avail them against Allah at all except [it was] a need within the soul of Jacob, which he satisfied. And indeed, he was a possessor of knowledge because of what We had taught him, but most of the people do not know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
دَخَلُوا۟dakhalūthey entered
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
أَمَرَهُمْamarahumordered them
أَبُوهُمabūhumtheir father
مَّاnot
كَانَkānait
يُغْنِىyugh'nīavail(ed)
عَنْهُمʿanhumthem
مِّنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مِنminany
شَىْءٍshayinthing
إِلَّاillābut
حَاجَةًۭḥājatan(it was) a need
فِىof
نَفْسِnafsiYaqub's soul
يَعْقُوبَyaʿqūbaYaqub's soul
قَضَىٰهَا ۚqaḍāhāwhich he carried out
وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, he
لَذُوladhū(was) a possessor
عِلْمٍۢʿil'min(of) knowledge
لِّمَاlimābecause
عَلَّمْنَـٰهُʿallamnāhuWe had taught him
وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
أَكْثَرَaktharamost
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi(of) the people
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Ya`qub orders His Children to enter Egypt from Different GatesAllah says that Ya`qub, peace be upon him, ordered his children, when he sent Binyamin with them to Egypt, to enter from different gates rather than all of them entering from one gate. Ibn `Abbas, Muhammad bin Ka`b, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak Qatadah, As-Suddi and several others said that he feared the evil eye for them, because they were handsome and looked beautiful and graceful.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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